Swiss firm Relish, readies NAMM launches

Swiss manufacturer, Relish Guitars is launching a new addition to its innovative range of guitars made with a chambered aluminium and wood body and boasting several distinctive features.

After three years in the research and development stage the company’s joint-owners, Silvan Kung and Pirmin Giger, who call themselves The Relish Brothers, came up with the Jane model and are launching a new guitar called Mary at the NAMM show in January.

The bodies of the guitars are a sandwich. The middle layer is made out of one piece of aluminium while the back and the front are made out of moulded wood veneer. The maple neck is covered with a bamboo fretboard. The guitars also feature LED illuminated touch-sensitive pick-up selectors, replacing the usual switches or knob controls. 

The Jane model comes in five different finishes; Walnut, Cherry, Ashy, Bordeaux and Snow Jane.

Relish will launch a new model called Mary at the NAMM show (21st-24th January 2016). Part of the guitar’s design feature is that you can access the inside of the guitar – with no need to remove any screws – just by opening the back-lid to get to the electronics, which you then can easily adapt and customise. Changing the pick-ups can be done by lifting them out and swapping them over. The three layer construction is fixed by powerful magnets. 

It will be priced around $2,700.

As well as existing model Jane, and the launch of the new Mary model, Relish will have other new lines to present at the show in Basement Hall E.